nslookup on 127.0.0.1 returns a strange message

[Mark_Andrews at isc.org]

	Everwhere where you want "localhost" to be just "localhost" use
	"localhost." otherwise the current origin is appended.

	i.e.
	1	IN	PTR	localhost.

	Mark

> I am having a weird problem with the reverse addressing on localhost one 
> one of our three machines (p1.acadia.net) we use as names servers, when I 
> do a nslookup on localhost it works fine but the reverse of nslookup on 
> 127.0.0.1 produces some strange results. What have I done wrong here? I am 
> using Bind 8.2.2 on this machine. I have included the output from the 
> commands, part of my named.conf and the 2 zone files below.
> ------------------------
>   nslookup localhost
> Server:  p1.acadia.net
> Address:  205.217.211.1
> 
> Name:    localhost.acadia.net
> Address:  127.0.0.1
> ---------------------
>   nslookup 127.0.0.1
> Server:  p1.acadia.net
> Address:  205.217.211.1
> 
> 1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa
>          origin = localhost.1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa
>          mail addr = hostmaster.localhost
>          serial = 10
>          refresh = 3600 (1H)
>          retry   = 300 (5M)
>          expire  = 3600000 (5w6d16h)
>          minimum ttl = 3600 (1H)
> *** No address (A) records available for 127.0.0.1
> ----------------------
> The relevant section of named.conf:
> 
> zone "1.0.0.127.in-addr.arpa" {
>          type master;
>          file "db.127.0.0";
> };
> 
> zone "localhost" {
>          type master;
>          file "db.localhost";
> };
> -------------
> db.127.0.0 reads as follows:
> 
> $TTL  86400     ; This is the NEW TTL needed for BIND 8.2
> ;
> @       IN      SOA     localhost hostmaster.localhost. (
@       IN      SOA     localhost. hostmaster.localhost. (
>                                  10      ; Serial
>                                  3600    ; Refresh
>                                  300     ; Retry
>                                  3600000 ; Expire
>                                  3600 )  ; Minimum
>                IN      NS      localhost
                IN      NS      localhost.
> ;
> 1       IN      PTR     localhost
1       IN      PTR     localhost.
> -----------------------
> db.localhost reads as follows:
> 
> $TTL  86400     ; This is the NEW TTL needed for BIND 8.2
> ;
> @       IN      SOA     localhost hostmaster.localhost. (
@       IN      SOA     localhost. hostmaster.localhost. (
>                                  10      ; Serial
>                                  3600    ; Refresh
>                                  300     ; Retry
>                                  3600000 ; Expire
>                                  3600 )  ; Minimum
> 
>                IN      NS      localhost
  		 IN	 NS	 localhost.
> ;
> localhost       IN      A       127.0.0.1
  @		 IN	A	127.0.0.1
> 
> 
> 
> Pancho Cole
> 
> (And now, what my computer is thinking at this very moment.....)
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> I wish outer-space guys would conquer Earth and make people their pets, 
> because I'd like to have one of
> those little basket-beds with my name on it.
> 
> 
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Mark Andrews, Internet Software Consortium
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